Excerpt from The Chinese: Or, Some Short Accounts of the Country and People of ChinaGood things are often put to bad purposes Barley is a useful grain, but people often drink too freely of the malt liquor that is made from it-grapes are excellent fruit, but how many are there who injure themselves with the brandy procured from them - Opium is made from poppies - Poppies are grown in abundance in Turkey and the East Indies - Manner of gathering opium - Bad effects of chewing and smoking Opium.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.